Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics

APOLIPOPROTEIN(a) POLYMORPHISMS IN A HEALTHY MACEDONIAN POPULATION
Tosheska K*, Labudovic D, Alabakovska S, Todorova B
*Corresponding Author: Katerina Tosheska K, MD, MSc., Department of Medical and Experimental Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, 50 Divizija 6, 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia; Tel: +389-2-3217-303; Fax: +389-2-3230-431; E-mail: tosheskatrajkovska@yahoo.com
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This study was supported by a grant from the USA-Macedonian Joint Fund for Scientific and Technological Corporation (Project No. 138/NIH).

Figure 1. Frequency distribution of Lp(a) concentration

Figure 2. Correlation between Mr (kDa) of apo(a) isoforms and Lp(a) concentration

Table1. Frequency of apo(a) phenotypes in study subjects

Isoforms	Men		Women		Total
Isoforms	N	%	N	%	N	%
Single	58	61.10	49	56.98	107	59.44
Double	32	34.04	32	37.21	64	35.56
Null	4	4.26	5	5.81	9	5
Total	94	100.00	86	100.00	180	100.00

Table 2. Frequency of observed and expected phenotypes in the study population (N=180)

Isoforms	Observed apo(a) isoforms		Expected apo(a) isoforms
Single	N	%	N	%
>S4	14	12.07	11.767	10.27
S4	57	49.14	62.804	54.81
S3	32	27.59	24.810	21.65
S1	2	1.72	2.591	2.26
B	2	1.72	2.050	1.79
Null	9	7.76	10.565	9.22
Total	116	100	114.587	100.00
Double
>S4S4	22	34.38	15.683	23.93
>S4S3	1	1.56	7.959	12.14
>S4S1	0	0	1.112	1.70
S4S3	28	43.75	28.673	43.75
S4S1	6	9.38	4.005	6.11
>S4B	0	0	0.889	1.36
S4B	4	6.25	3.204	4.89
S3S1	1	1.56	2.032	3.10
S3B	1	1.56	1.626	2.48
S1B	1	1.56	0.352	0.54
Total	64	100.00	65.535	100

Table 3. Molecular mass (kDa) of apo(a) isoforms and Lp(a) concentration in study subjects

Isoform	Mr (kDa) (mean ± SD)	Lp(a) mg/dL (mean ± SD)
>S4	784.06 ± 16.87	9.68 ± 0.22
S4	714.04 ± 30.03	13.74 ± 11.40
S3	585.92 ± 20.25	16.55 ± 14.51
S1	520 ± 10	62.67 ± 8.93
B	429.33 ± 18.01	52.97 ± 31.38

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